Siting Julia | Radcliffe Institute

On September 21, 2012, the Schlesinger Library at the Radcliffe Institute, which houses Julia Child's extensive papers, sponsored "Siting Julia: A Julia Child Centenary Symposium" to celebrate the legacy of Julia Child on the centenary year of her birth. Authors, television producers, restaurateurs, and the Child's family and neighbors provided a behind-the-scenes view of the life and work of American phenomenon Julia Child, who brought her passion for learning and teaching French culinary arts to homes across the United States. 00:00 Introduction by Lisa Abend, TIME correspondent in Spain whose writing about food has appeared in the New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, Slate, and the Christian Science Monitor 06:18 Dana Polan, professor of Cinema Studies at NYU's Tisch School of the Arts and author of numerous books, including The Sopranos, Scenes of Instruction: The Beginnings of the U.S. Study of Film, and, most recently, Julia Child's "The French Chef" 36:50 Russell Morash, a

On September 21, 2012, the Schlesinger Library at the Radcliffe Institute, which houses Julia Child's extensive papers, sponsored "Siting Julia: A Julia Child Centenary Symposium" to celebrate the legacy of Julia Child on the centenary year of her birth. Authors, television producers, restaurateurs, and the Child's family and neighbors provided a behind-the-scenes view of the life and work of American phenomenon Julia Child, who brought her passion for learning and teaching French culinary arts to homes across the United States. 00:00 Introduction by Mark DeVoto, musicologist, composer, and professor emeritus of music at Tufts University; his mother, Avis DeVoto, worked extensively with Julia Child and was a close friend of hers 07:12 Dorothy Zinberg, lecturer in public policy and faculty associate at the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs at the Harvard Kennedy School and a longtime neighbor of the Childs in Cambridge 23:40 Michela Larson, longtime restaurateur in C

On September 21, 2012, the Schlesinger Library at the Radcliffe Institute, which houses Julia Child's extensive papers, sponsored "Siting Julia: A Julia Child Centenary Symposium" to celebrate the legacy of Julia Child on the centenary year of her birth. Authors, television producers, restaurateurs, and the Child's family and neighbors provided a behind-the-scenes view of the life and work of American phenomenon Julia Child, who brought her passion for learning and teaching French culinary arts to homes across the United States. 00:00 Introduction by Philadelphia Cousins, a trustee of the Julia Child Foundation and a niece of Julia Child 09:00 Alice Kaplan, John H. Musser Professor of French at Yale and the author of Dreaming in French, French Lessons: A Memoir, The Collaborator, and The Interpreter 23:36 Bob Spitz, author of the biography Dearie: The Remarkable Life of Julia Child and The Making of Superstars, Barefoot in Babylon, Dylan, and Shoot Out the Lights 37:32 Alex Prud'ho

On September 21, 2012, the Schlesinger Library at the Radcliffe Institute, which houses Julia Child's extensive papers, sponsored "Siting Julia: A Julia Child Centenary Symposium" to celebrate the legacy of Julia Child on the centenary year of her birth. Authors, television producers, restaurateurs, and the Child's family and neighbors provided a behind-the-scenes view of the life and work of American phenomenon Julia Child, who brought her passion for learning and teaching French culinary arts to homes across the United States. 00:00 Welcome Lizabeth Cohen, Dean, Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study; Howard Mumford Jones Professor of American Studies, Department of History, Harvard University 09:50 Introduction Nancy F. Cott, Carl and Lily Pforzheimer Foundation Director of the Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America; Jonathan Trumbull Professor of American History, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Harvard University 20:05 Keynote Laura Shapiro,